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Six Techniques to Ensure Solid Project Management Execution

By: pmhut.com

Some time back I was responsible for a portfolio of projects being done within the finance organization of my company. One of the projects was outsourced to a large consulting firm who supplied the project management, analysis, and development resources to the project.

I would hold weekly meetings with the project manager who consistently gave me a “thumbs up” on the project up to the first key milestone being hit. When the week of the first milestone approached, he announced that the milestone was going to have to slip by a week to ensure successful delivery. The next week came along and again the project slipped a week. This went on for two more weeks with the promise of “we’ll for sure nail it next week.”……..[read entire article]